Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Trapping Wondering how to dispatch trapped coyote

I am wondering how most guys dispatch a trapped coyote when you plan on keeping/selling fur.
I assume a .22 to either the head or maybe lungs? Either way leaves a hole, hopefully just one.
Reason I ask, is that I am retiring, and want to take up coyote trapping here in Illinois (for now).
I've dabbled in trapping for many years, but never too "serious".My job prevented me from spending the time required to run a line.
I'm not planning on getting rich for sure. Looking at it more as a hobby and a way to get some exercise and enjoy the outdoors.
Also, Minnesota Trapline Products seems like good people what little I've dealt with them in the past, so probably get some stuff from them.
Anyway, just wondering how you guys dispatch a coyote. Thanks for the advice.

22 in the ear from the side, stick a wad of paper towel in the ear to absorb blood. I tried wrapping them on the nose and stepping on their chest like I did for fox but coyotes are more tenacious and it ended up looking like I was trying to do a jig on them.

Skulls used to be sellable and worth messing with.so I usually shot them very carefully in the neck with a CB.

Choke pole and a noose.

Evnin guys gals. When we were trapping them we used to carry an old axe handle with that round ball looking thing off of a horse harness (shaves maybe) anyway get a pole or something on his neck & stand on it so ya don't get bit!!!! Those buggers can wreck a good pair of rubbers in a blink. Don't ask I was young once (stupid). Rap him between the eyes once reall smart. It will only bruise on the inside a little & they won't dock your fur. Hope that helps. Bill out. 🐾👣🇨🇦

Bill Are you talking of the ball off the top of the post that goes over the collar ?Cheers NC

I've utilized a CB to the head and eventually went to the lungs to which did not solve my aggravation with blood all over everything.

Switched to catch pole around the neck, guess you need a better catch pole than my homemade one as I can dispatch a fox and a bobcat easily with it but never a coyote. So, went to standing on the chest, evidently 165# isn't quite enough to accomplish it in a timely manner.

Now, after gaining control with the catch pole I use my trapping hammer to quickly take care of the issue, with this method I find that a mess while skinning is far less common.

Mornin, ya North country I think that's it. Used to know what parts of a harness were called! I'm blaming it on age. I'm pretty sure I'm headed for dementia, I can leave a room & go for something I need, and .................. have a good weekend I'm out. 🐾👣🇨🇦

hames......

Ones I am familiar with are pretty heavy?

Thanks for the ideas. Didnt think about a "choke pole" but not sure I want to tote one around.
Thanks for the input.

Evnin!!! I new you'd let us know huntsman22. Thanks. Bill out. 🐾👣🇨🇦

I only trap for the benefit of my areas turkeys and better fawn recruitment, so seeing that I don't do anything with the yotes except fertilize the "daisies" I use a .22 caliber pellet rifle and that's between the eyes. They never move. Act like they've been struck by lightening

I have always used a 22 or 22 short. Draw an imaginary X between the eyes and ears and shoot just over the X. They will bleed but typically coyotes need to be washed after fleshing anyway. Add a shot of Woolite to the bath you give them and they will really look good.
MN Trapline Products is EXCELLENT to deal with. Great people that know what they are doing and have incredibly fast shipping. You can't go wrong with them. Try their MB-550's for coyotes and that is all you will ever use again.

I use a gallon zip tie bag and carefully slip it over the coyotes head while they sleep. Then I take a soda straw and suck the excess air out of the bag and zip it shut. It helps if you club them first.-Mike

I used to just hold out whichever 22 rifle I happen to have with me and right up to their face until they bit hold of it. It makes for a very muffled pop and they melt like warm jello.

I use my little trapping shovel and hit them across the nose and it stuns them. I lay them on their back, lay their chin out in front of them and hit them hard across the throat with the edge of the shovel. If their legs snap straight out stiff on the 3rd swat, they are dead. If not hit them again. Take your shovel and poke them in the eye and if they blink they need tuned up a little more. Seems if you shoot anything in the head it ruins the skull and the animal just gained 2 quart of blood to leak out. Till last year, I never carried a gun on the line. Killed everything cept beaver with the shovel. NOTE... Do note use Mohawk bullets on head shots on beaver. We point blanked a beaver and threw it in the boat and took off up the river. All of a sudden the beav is standing up in the middle of the boat so we shot it again... dead... till it got up again. When we skinned it it had 5 of the Mohawk bullets on top of the skull and the skull was not cracked. Ray

Subsonic 22 to the lungs, never had a fur buyer mention it, if so there are other problems. Head shots bleed too much and the thump and stomp method is for azzholes and it causes so much trauma under the skin that it isn’t worth saving a 22 cal hole over

the .22 hole is not going to affect pelt value. However, the blood from a shot coyote can be extensive and messy, and I find it's just easier to dispatch without shooting.

I started using the following method when I trapped on a military base that did not allow me to carry a firearm.

1. smack them over the nose with a tile spade, doesn't have to be too hard, just stuns them for about 10 seconds
2. while stunned, hit them hard right down the forehead with my all-steel remake trowel. Will knock them out long enough to do a chest compression (I once had one stone dead after this step).
3. chest compression. Push down firmly on the chest over the heart, behind the elbow with your boot and pull up with the back legs. No stomping, just use your body weight to push down. You can feel the heart beat with your boot and feel it stop. Then hold another moment to be sure.

and then another moment after that, before you take the trap off his foot and he's free to recover during the remake....